Volunteer Nurse, with pay or without pay?
@royfelixabrio (41)
January 21, 2011 8:22pm CST
I'm a new registered nurse. I want to work in the hospital but there were only few hospitals accepting new registered nurses. My clinical instructor suggested that i must try to volunteer as a nurse in the community or in the hospital. If you're a volunteer nurse, is it with pay or without pay?
8 responses
@louie847 (350)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
When you say you want to willingly volunteer for your service without expecting something in return then you should at least not accept any pay. But i think nowadays, every service rendered are not for free anymore. As professionals, we should get paid for what is due to us.
@rage35 (344)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
Greetings!
I am also a Registered Nurse and I also tried working in the hospital as a volunteer. There is no pay as what I experienced in my affiliated hospital but there are some hospitals who give allowances to volunteer nurses who work in their hospital. It's hard to be a volunteer nurse because you work in the are without any payments and the work is very hard.
@nobbsy123 (851)
• Australia
22 Jan 11
When you volunteer for anything you go without pay. You have to pay all expenses to get to your work and everything. It could be a good idea in the long term to be a volunteer nurse as you get work experience and work industry related referees to put on your resume which will help you in finding paid employment. Hope this helps you.
@rbdescartin (616)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
I have a friend that has already passed the NCLEX and the IELTS but still working in our regional hospital as a volunteered nurse and it has no pay. I pity those nurses here in the Philippines that invested a lot of money in their studies but after they graduated and worked here their salary is not worth with the investments they made in their studies. It is worth if they could work in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
@royfelixabrio (41)
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22 Jan 11
Yes, indeed!
we have to stay in regional hospitals for a year before we could use our NCLEX license. This is not really good for us.
Thank you for your response.
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
22 Jan 11
2 of my cousins were registered nurse and they are still volunteering.No pay and not even allowance for the service.They say that they need to render service for a year or two just to be accepted in a hospital with payment.I think it is so unfair, because they paid lots a money and effort just to be a nurse and be used without any compensation.
@royfelixabrio (41)
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22 Jan 11
it is indeed unfair!
we paid lots of money and effort just for this profession.
Nowadays, we should be more practical. Yes, as a nurse we must render services with or without pay but how are we going to survive and live our lives without money?
Thank you for your response. God Bless.
@tiina05 (2317)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
hello,
According to the news, Nurses are so populated. right? Sorry for that but congratulation on the other hand because you finish your study. By the way, as a volunteer it is depends on the hospital if they will pay you or not. Maybe you should choose the one that pay , but it is not too high as what you expect rather than to choose the one without payment because if you volunteer it depends on the hospital if they hire you or not.
GOOD LUCK. ^.^
@royfelixabrio (41)
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22 Jan 11
Thank you.. yes you're right but there were only few hospitals who were looking for a volunteer nurse that gives allowances to the nurse. That is the saddest thing about being a nurse right now.
@klarian (49)
• Philippines
22 Jan 11
hi roy!!!
if you are a volunteer nurse it means that you are rendering service to the hospital for free. in my opinion, it is justifiable that since you get nothing(money) in return, you also get to pay nothing. however, most hospitals take advantage of the fact that many nurses will do all that they can just to have a considerable amount of nursing experience, so they offer slots for volunteers at a price, whch i think is outrightly wrong.
